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Underwater Photo Location: Gaeta - La Franata

Underwater Photo Location: Gaeta - La Franata

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This is is a location for underwater training in photography, not so much live, but occasionally you can see snappers, groupers, croakers, a lot of moray and octopus and many pinna nobilis. Nudibranch are present in 4 o 5 species, like hypselodoris, flabellina, cratena.
Facts about Gaeta - La Franata
  • It is in Italy
  • Gaeta - La Franata is in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
  • The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
Dive types
dayboat

Marine Life
smallcoral

Diving facilities
airguidedfriendly

Photo facilities
macrofilminstruction

by Raffaele Livornese
Hypselodoris tricolor, with mirror effect (done with mirror!!)

by Raffaele Livornese
moray, shrimp and conger in the cove

by Raffaele Livornese
hypselodoris tricolor with mirror effect (also this performed with a mirror)

by Raffaele Livornese
flabellina babai on mirror

by Raffaele Livornese
Hippocampus guttulatus, orange species

by Raffaele Livornese
slow shutter speed with snoot light on the octopus

by Raffaele Livornese
Murena helena with commensal shrimp

by Raffaele Livornese
dondice banyulensis with stnooted strobe

by Raffaele Livornese
DISCODORIS ATRAMACULATA IN DOUBLE EXPOSURE

by Raffaele Livornese
PARAZOANTHUS IN PANNING MODE
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